CJE To Conduct Judicial Candidate Training Class on March 17

Citizens for Judicial Excellence announced that it will conduct a free judicial candidate training workshop for attorneys, public defenders, and prosecutors interested in running for seats on Municipal and District Court in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties on Saturday, March 17. The workshop is also open to incumbents seeking re-election.

The class will cover reporting and filing requirements for the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) presented by Jason Bennett . Snohomish County District Court Judge Jeff Goodwin, a member of the Supreme Court’s Ethics Advisory Committee, will provide an overview and guidelines for candidates’ ethical conduct while campaigning. Dean Nielsen, CJE’s Political Director and a principal at the nationally recognized political consulting firm Cerillion N4 Partners, will cover fundraising techniques and the nuts and bolts of building and running a campaign for judicial office.

CJE will provide complimentary lunch for attendees. Space is limited so attendees should register early at cjepac.com/training.

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THANK YOU for your leadership this past year and congratulations on your incredible success in reshaping the judicial landscape in King County. The Seattle Municipal Court will clearly never be the same again but the gains made at the District Court level are no less impressive. It’s a short term improvement and a long term wake-up call that a judicial post is not an automatic lifetime job with zero accountability.

Christian SindermanNW Passage Consulting

Over the past several years, the group has emerged as a muscular — and some say unprecedented — force in typically low-profile elections for municipal- and district-court judges in King and Snohomish counties.
National experts say it is one of the only groups in the United States raising money to affect the outcomes of such low-level judicial races.
CJE won four of five races it targeted in 2010, including ousting two incumbent judges with independent-expenditure campaigns that dwarfed spending by the targeted candidates.

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